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st tribune january 5 1994 p3 politics mayor offers her vision for 1994 tracy kibble staff reporter the town of whitchurch-stouf- fville hopes to clean up a number of unresolved issues which lay at unrest across the vast municipal ity during 1994 said mayor fran sainsbury during an interview this week while delving into the many matters currently plaguing rural whitchurchstouffville sains bury said the first issue to resolve however is councils atti tude for the second year in a row the mayor is urging her fellow politicians to take to the council table this year with a more posi tive attitude or risk dividing the town and leaving important mat ters up in the air this council just has to stop playing games as elected offi cials one must do his homework and things will get done if we all follow the same procedure sainsbury insists but 1994 is municipal election year and the mayor knows full well the silly season will likely take full flight around june or july when those vying for her seat will announce their inten tions to oust her if she runs sainsbury said its still prema ture to announce whether shell retire this year but adds she has heard rumors that at least six other people want to take over her duties it looks as if everyone is run ning for mayor and no one is run ning for council she laughed the mayor said if people want to start earning brownie points however they should realize that rhetoric and promises are easy to initiate until you look at the roadblocks that stouffville is up against she offers a little advice for those many rumored mayor wannabes out there if youre not willing to work within the process it will drive you mental thats the most frus trating thing people dont realize what stouffville is up against mush tim rogers dropped by the library with one of his sled dogs as part of the librarys holiday event lineup here the dog samantha entertains the youngsters railway may be ready to roll by 1995 from page 1 obtain a second locomotive thats in the works now the target date for operation of the railway is the summer of 1995 it will operate immediately between stouffville and uxbridge and not between goodwood and uxbridge as previously reported button stressed we will be running between two villages which will make the whole operation unique the reception we got this year with the minia ture train and fundraising was exceptional he added the support from the community has been wonderful and mpp larry oconnor has been extremely helpful and supportive he really did a great job for us with the private members bill thanks to donations from local individuals and companies button noted ydhra has been able to do a substantial amount of work on the track and has almost completed renovations to the passenger car we would very much like to thank schell lumber and duncan giles of giles chev olds in stouffville for their invaluable help while things have come together rapidly in the last year the dedicated members of ydhra have been working away at their dream since 1985 when thatdream finally reaches fruition it will provide enormous benefits to the area bring ing tourists to local stores and restaurants and putting both communities firmly on the map the south simcoe railway which runs between tottenham and beeton started in 1992 in its first full year of operation the tourist train carried approximately 25000 passengers and although there are hurdles still to be over come before our own tourist railway becomes a reality ydhra members are determined to aim for full steam ahead in 1995 crime watch thief makes off with 20 on bicycle a thief snuck in the window of a vandorf sideroad house and stole twenty dollars last tues day afternoon between 1215 pm and 345 pm someone forced open a win dow then ransacked the place the only item reported missing was one 20 bill damages are set at 5 police said the thief fled on a bicycle nothing missing a local convenience store was broken into but nothing stolen the rear door at the bal- lantrae variety on felcher blvd was pried open sometime between 11 pm dec 22 and 830 am dec 23 damage is set at 300 but nothing appears to be missing oven swiped one microwave oven was taken from a sales trailer parked on stouffville police said an unknown sus pect entered the trailer parked at woodbine ave and abbots- ford rd and grabbed a black microwave worth 400 the theft occurred between 5 pm dec 21 and 1 pm dec 22 party goes awry a new years day celebration in whitchurchstouffville turned violent as two women started scrapping two partygoers began argu ing at an aurora rd gathering jan 1 york regional police said the verbal assault turned physical when one woman threw a couple of beer bottles at another woman she then grabbed a knife from her purse but was disarmed before anyone wascut a 37yearold woman received minor injuries during the scuf fle a stouftville woman 38 of hillsdale dr was arrested at 940 pm jan 1 and charged with assault with a weapon sainsbury contends all that aside the mayor is hoping she and her fellow council members can clean up a number of halffinished issues the most important she says is to gain approval from the powers that be for some muchneeded industrial growth in gormley the towns sofarfailed official plan amendment no 88 has been on the books for some years and has not earned the approval from either york region or the province both stating industrial growth on unserviced land is not a wise move but the town has scaled its plan down considerably and the mayor hopes some of the landowners will be granted building permits through a 1994 fight at the ontario municipal board we really need an industrial tax base because there is not a lot of growth planned for whitchurchstouffville she said the mayor has criticized the regions firstever official plan document which was approved by the province late last year stating the vision leaves little room for growth within the municipality for the next three decades she also hopes to delve a little deeper into the ballantraemus- selman lake water problems and stresses disappointment that the town got the studies and not the water she said after trying to con vince the environment ministry through research that the com munities desperately need potable water the province has remained noncommittal to any funding well have to come up with other ways to bring those residents potable water she said noting that at least the studies are in place she said the community of bloomington should have a com munal well while vandorfpre- ston lake needs a secondary plan to appease concerns of minor industrial growth there the mayor also wants to look into the provinces enforced social contract legislation stating the town acted hastily when closing down for three days without pay ing its employees she said slashing projects would have been far more effec tive and sainsbury said roads must also take a higher priority this year hinting that if there is a municipal tax hike in 1994 it will once again be due to road breakup and damage she said last years thaw caused about 1 million damage to rural roads with only one- third of that being repaired under its budget the town plans to spend about 400000 this year to continue its road repair works she said preventing asphalt plants from striking up in the towns 14 grav el pits and dealing with any landfill site rumblings will also be high on the councils list dur ing 1994 sainsbury said the council meets for the first time this year on jan 11 at 7 pm first report released from page 1 man stresses the need to give parents hard data on their childs performance parents should know what is taught as well as what their child has learned to the point that report cards become sim ply a formality as parents will already know the level of their childs performance communication with staff and the community should not be to control damage but to let people know whats happening in the system that is good the board should hire a sec ond communications officer and a graphic artist to get in touch with the public and stay in touch cressman said trustees should also pick a side in the junior kinder garten debate either start offering the program or chose to fight the government cress- man said the board has looked into alternatives such as offering jk in community buildings but cressman said the cost would be the same in the long run as offering the class in a traditional manner cressman recommends the york region board join with other boards in ontario who do not supply jk to lobby togeth er to keep the program option al the former board chief touches on contract negotia tions suggesting more staff is needed to bargain with board unions and he said more staff and students need to be involved in implementing the race relations policy ism kids earn extra money become a carrier today call 6402100 stouffville attention flyer advertisers we can deliver your flyers tor as little as if a piece so far this year we have 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